Are you our next Graduate in Residence?
The ANU School of Art & Design is launching a new Graduate in Residence program for creative and curious alumni keen to stay connected and enjoy working within our learning community.
Whether you have a specific project in mind or want space to further develop your practice, we welcome applications across visual art, design, curatorial practice, writing, and more.
Residents will receive:
• A dedicated workspace
• Opportunities to connect with staff and students
• Flexible residency lengths from 6 weeks to 6 months
Expressions of interest due Midnight, Monday 15 June, 2026.
Full details and how to apply via link in bio under [Latest News].
@ouranu@anucass@studyanu_@anualumni
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🌿 Plant Sensibilia with Friends of Wanniassa Hills
Join us for a special collaborative event as part of Living City: People, Plants and Place.
Experience the Plant Sensibilia Machine — a large-scale, hand-operated textile dyeing device that brings the creative process from the studio into the public realm, using colours from locally collected plants.
Presented by Dr Lucy Irvine, Dr Rebecca Mayo and Professor Mitchell Whitelaw at Tuggeranong Arts Centre.
More info >> Link in bio under Upcoming Events
📅 Saturday 23 May 2026
🕚 11:00 am Welcome to Country & event launch
🕦 11:30 am–1:00 pm Plant Sensibilia in action
📍 Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 137 Reed St, Canberra
Free event, no registration required. Light refreshments provided.
@ouranu@anucass@studyanu_
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LAST DAYS
Don't miss our current Higher Degree by Research exhibitions - both continue until 3pm Friday 15 May.
MELITA DAHL
Deadpan artefacts: creative experiments with facial expression recognition in photographic portraiture
and
REN GREGORČIČ
Material Causality: A Practice-Led Inquiry into the Aleatory Operations of Concrete
📸: Visitors and Melita Dahl's work, "Deadpan|Neutral – A comparative analysis". Photo by ANU.
Vale, John Colin Reid
The School of Art and Design notes with great sadness the passing of our Emeritus Fellow, John Reid.
John Reid’s legacy is the foundation stone for the ANU SoAD Environment Studio electives and outreach programs, and his generous spirit and innovative creative legacy touched the lives of many.
He will be greatly missed.
Read the full tribute via the link in bio under [Latest News]
Left: John Reid Walking the Solar System, USA | Mexico. 2011.
Right: John Reid Walking the Solar System, Santa Anna Ranges. USA. 2015.
Art & Design Forum | Dr Suzie Fraser
📅 Tuesday 12 May 2026
🕐 1 –2 pm
📍 Seminar Room 3, Sir Roland Wilson Building
Join us for a presentation by Dr Suzie Fraser exploring the challenges and opportunities of undertaking art history at the intersection of art and science.
Focusing on the growing prominence of art/science practices in relation to ecology, climate, holistic worldviews and AI, this talk will discuss recent research and case studies that examine how these interdisciplinary histories are being written today.
Image: Tree Mountain - A Living Time Capsule-11,000 Trees, 11,000 People, 400 Years, 1992–96, Ylöjärvi, Finland. Credit: Agnes Denes.
@ouranu@anucass@studyanu_
#ANU #ANUArtAndDesign #ANUEvents #ArtAndDesignForum #SuzieFraser #ArtHistory #ArtAndScience #ContemporaryArt #Ecology #ClimateAndArt #AIAndArt #CanberraEvents
I've been working with the Friends of Wanniassa Hills Landcare group as part of Living City, a 3 year @anuartdesign project which partners art-academics with environmental groups across Canberra. On Saturday, we ran Weaving with Weeds a public workshop using weeds and reeds to help stop erosion and provide habitat for reptiles and small birds. Overtime, the mini woven hurdles will be added to as the plant matter breaks down and more woody weeds are gathered. By harvesting some of the cumbungi reeds which had choked up the dam, we hopefully improved conditions for frogs in the process.
This woven intervention responds to the contours of the land, the tireless labour and care of the Friends of Wanniassa Hills and invited participants to make art as a collective act of restoration.
Thanks to @rebecca.mayo and the rangers from @actparks for their assistance. Thanks @artsact_ for their support of Living City.
Sharing Stories participants recently travelled to Walgalu Country, in the Tumut region of NSW.
Participants learnt first-hand about Walgalu culture with ANU academic Aidan Hartshorn and artist Shane Herrington; making stone tools and learning about native foods and skills. The group visited significant cultural sites and public artworks and ended each day yarning around the campfire. This field trip was facilitated by School of Art and Design academics Aidan Hartshorn and Dr Amanda Stuart.
Sharing Stories Arts Exchange is supported by the ACT Government.
@ouranu@anucass@artsact_
#SharingStories #WalgaluCountry #CulturalLearning #FirstNations #ArtsExchange
Art & Design Forum | Madeline Hewitson (Dobell Fellow)
📅 Next Tue 05 May 2026, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Seminar Room 2.02, Sir Roland Wilson Building
Join us for Be Strong and Take Action: The Montefiore Testimonial (1842–43) and Anglo-Jewish Imperial Identities, a talk by Dr Maddie Hewitson.
Exploring The Montefiore Testimonial and its rich biblical imagery, this talk considers Victorian Anglo-Jewish identity, empire, belonging, emancipation and assimilation.
Dr Hewitson is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and a Sir William Dobell Visiting Fellow at ANU in Spring 2026.
Image: The Montefiore Testimonial (1842–43). Silver testimonial by Mortimer & Hunt, designed by Sir George Hayter and sculpted by Edward Hodges Baily. Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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#ANUSchoolOfArtAndDesign #ANUSoAD #ArtHistory #VictorianArt #JewishHistory #BritishEmpire #CanberraEvents #ANU
🔥 BLAZE 2026
Please join Canberra Contemporary @canberracontemporary to celebrate the next generation of artists in Kamberri/Canberra at the opening of BLAZE, with special guest speaker Professor Brenda L. Croft @brendalcroft
Curated by Sophia Cai, Artistic Director & CEO of Canberra Contemporary, BLAZE features eight emerging artists working across ceramics, painting, sculpture, glass, textiles, printmaking, video and installation.
Artists
Asil Habara, Isaac Kozlovskis, Nathan Nhan, Eliott O’Dowd, Litia Roko, Florence Steel, Natasha Tareen and Jackson Taylor
📅 Opening: Friday 1 May 2026, 6 pm
🗓️ Exhibition dates: 2 May – 20 June 2026
📍 Canberra Contemporary
Free event • All welcome • No bookings required
Image: Jackson Taylor, ‘Untitled (Industrial Area),’ 2026, acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery.
#CanberraContemporary #BLAZE2026 #KamberriCanberra #CanberraArt #CanberraEvents #ContemporaryArt #EmergingArtists #VisualArts #AustralianArt #VisitCanberra #ANUSchoolOfArtAndDesign #ANUSoAD @isaac.kozlovskis@florencesteel.art@nathansnhan@litiaroko@jacksontaylorart@natasha.tareen@wet.sahara@eliott.june.art
OPENING SOON 🎉
📅 Wednesday 22 April
🕐 5:30 - 7:30pm
📍 ANU School of Art & Design, Building 105, Childers Street, Acton ACT
MELITA DAHL
Deadpan artefacts: creative experiments with facial expression recognition in photographic portraiture
and
REN GREGORČIČ
Material Causality: A Practice-Led Inquiry into the Aleatory Operations of Concrete
Exhibition dates: 22 April - 15 May
Gallery Hours: Tues - Fri, 10:30am - 3pm
📸: Melita Dahl, "Deadpan|Neutral – A comparative analysis", video still
📸: Ren Gregorčič, "Motion in Division, video still"
It's install week at the Gallery 🎉 We're busy installing two new Higher Degree by Research exhibitions!
"Deadpan artefacts: creative experiments with facial expression recognition in photographic portraiture" by Melita Dahl
and
"Material Causality: A Practice-Led Inquiry into the Aleatory Operations of Concrete" by Ren Gregorčič
Please join us to celebrate at the opening event, 5:30pm next Wednesday 22 April 🎉
#MelitaDahl @rengregorcic@anuartdesign@ouranu@anucass
🛎 Reminder: the Christine & Stephen Procter Interdisciplinary Craft Symposium 2026 takes place this Friday, 17 April.
Join us for a day of presentations, discussion and demonstrations with Norwood Viviano, Dr Deirdre Feeney, Cecelia Kumeroa, Dr Kate Hill, Dr Ben Woods, Beth O’Sullivan, Deon Hickey, Leo (Yixin) Chen, Mackinley Shaw, Shane Herrington and Bailey Donovan.
Full program and registration >> Link in bio under [Upcoming Events]
📅 Fri 17 Apr, 9am–3pm AEST
📍 School of Art & Design Lecture Theatre & Glass & Ceramics Workshop
☕ Light refreshments provided
Image: Norwood Viviano. Recasting Houston (2019/2022). Kiln cast glass and 3D printed pattern. 14” x 14” x 13”. Photographer credit - Tim Thayer/ Robert Hensleigh
@ouranu@anucass@studyanu_
#ANU #ANUSchoolOfArtAndDesign #Symposium #CraftSymposium #InterdisciplinaryCraft #GlassArt #Ceramics #DigitalFabrication #ContemporaryCraft #ArtAndTechnology #CreativePractice #CanberraArts
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![Vale, John Colin ReidThe School of Art and Design notes with great sadness the passing of our Emeritus Fellow, John Reid.John Reid’s legacy is the foundation stone for the ANU SoAD Environment Studio electives and outreach programs, and his generous spirit and innovative creative legacy touched the lives of many.He will be greatly missed.Read the full tribute via the link in bio under [Latest News]Left: John Reid Walking the Solar System, USA | Mexico. 2011.Right: John Reid Walking the Solar System, Santa Anna Ranges. USA. 2015.](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6727163768355463694748_0_265481e6f909441ae4f7ddebd9209903.jpg?o=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&h=4592602ddd32d21430465533a007bd41)
![Reminder: the Christine & Stephen Procter Interdisciplinary Craft Symposium 2026 takes place this Friday, 17 April.Join us for a day of presentations, discussion and demonstrations with Norwood Viviano, Dr Deirdre Feeney, Cecelia Kumeroa, Dr Kate Hill, Dr Ben Woods, Beth O’Sullivan, Deon Hickey, Leo (Yixin) Chen, Mackinley Shaw, Shane Herrington and Bailey Donovan.Full program and registration >> Link in bio under [Upcoming Events] Fri 17 Apr, 9am–3pm AEST School of Art & Design Lecture Theatre & Glass & Ceramics Workshop Light refreshments providedImage: Norwood Viviano. Recasting Houston (2019/2022). Kiln cast glass and 3D printed pattern. 14” x 14” x 13”. Photographer credit - Tim Thayer/ Robert Hensleigh@ouranu @anucass @studyanu_#ANU #ANUSchoolOfArtAndDesign #Symposium #CraftSymposium #InterdisciplinaryCraft #GlassArt #Ceramics #DigitalFabrication #ContemporaryCraft #ArtAndTechnology #CreativePractice #CanberraArts](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739141412191716115061_0_274febfbca02920d0e69b1ccffbed776.jpg?o=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&h=1e73f643f601708922c2680a5fae24f3)
